Students will be able to demonstrate that they are fully prepared and engaged for class.
Relevant Course Outcomes
Students will be able to recognize and articulate the characteristics and transmission history of a variety of literary traditions in different time periods and locations.
Students will be able to read works of literature closely and thoroughly.
A useful and entertaining web site about the the Middle Ages is Medievalists.net. One of the frequent contributors to this site is Danièle Cybulskie, otherwise known as "The Five-Minute Medievalist." She writes short, educational posts about some aspect of the Middle Ages. Sometimes these are lists, sometimes book reviews, sometimes about material culture, and sometimes her thoughts on a specific idea. To see her posts as "The Five-Minute Medievalist," click here.
To our great fortune, Danièle is going to be a guest judge for this assignment! How does this work? For each week that you are assigned a "Five-Minute Medievalist" weekly quiz, all of your entries will be sent anonymously to Danièle, who will select a "winner." You might ask: what can I win?
Prizes include: five points of extra credit...and publication on the Medievalists.net site!
If you would like to chat with Danièle to get some ideas, you can contact her through Twitter: @5MinMedievalist Due:
Quiz 2 - due September 25, midnight
Quiz 5 - due October 23, midnight
Quiz 7 - due November 6, midnight
Requirements: One (full!) page, SINGLE-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font
Turn in via Blackboard, under "Assignments."
Instructions:
Before the first Five-Minute Medievalist quiz, you should read some of "The Five-Minute Medievalist" posts (click here) in order to get an idea of how they are written.
On a Five-Minute Medievalist quiz week, you will select a topic related to the readings/other material from that week (for instance, if we are reading Chaucer's "The Prioress's Tale," Julian of Norwich, and Margery Kempe that week, then your Five-Minute Medievalist entry should relate in some way - this can be interpreted creatively - to one or more of those works).
You will then write an entry that is at least one single-spaced page, Times New Roman, 12-point font. Other than that, you may choose any format for your entry (bulleted points, a list, paragraphs, short essay, etc.).
Your entry should attempt to mimic "The Five-Minute Medievalist" posts on Medievalists.net.
Criteria from "The Five-Minute Medievalist":
Should be an interesting/frequently asked question about the Middle Ages
Should be short (about one single-spaced Word page at 12 point font)
Should include a hyperlink or reference to other material for readers to learn more
Relevant Course Outcomes
A useful and entertaining web site about the the Middle Ages is Medievalists.net. One of the frequent contributors to this site is Danièle Cybulskie, otherwise known as "The Five-Minute Medievalist." She writes short, educational posts about some aspect of the Middle Ages. Sometimes these are lists, sometimes book reviews, sometimes about material culture, and sometimes her thoughts on a specific idea. To see her posts as "The Five-Minute Medievalist," click here.
To our great fortune, Danièle is going to be a guest judge for this assignment! How does this work? For each week that you are assigned a "Five-Minute Medievalist" weekly quiz, all of your entries will be sent anonymously to Danièle, who will select a "winner." You might ask: what can I win?
Prizes include: five points of extra credit...and publication on the Medievalists.net site!
If you would like to chat with Danièle to get some ideas, you can contact her through Twitter: @5MinMedievalist
Due:
- Quiz 2 - due September 25, midnight
- Quiz 5 - due October 23, midnight
- Quiz 7 - due November 6, midnight
Requirements: One (full!) page, SINGLE-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point fontTurn in via Blackboard, under "Assignments."
Instructions:
Criteria from "The Five-Minute Medievalist":
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